Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 23235, Samuel Goffe, N.H.

SERVICE
N.H.
Goffe, Samuel Goffor
NUMBER
S. 23235
CONTENTS

4811
New York
Samuel Goff
of Cortland in the State of New York who was a Private in the Company comm. by Captain M c Glough of the Inf ty comm by Lieut. Starr in the New York line for 6 months & 10 days
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 21 Dollars 10 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 st day of Jan y 1833 - and in the No. 2. 6. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Nos. of Regt.
Arrears to 4th of Sep r 1832 $31.60 Pension allowance ending 4th M ch 33 10.50 $42.30
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Sec y Gales Clerk Book D Vol. 5 Page 92

Samuel Gass Russian Papers
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If these papers are defective or further proof is required address E. C. Reed Homer Cortland 76 th N.Y. at present of the House of Rep s Washington Dec 3. 1832
No allowance for hiring Substitute
Service abt 2 weeks — 2 mo — 3 mo.
admitted for 6 mo. 10 days

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832
State of New York
Cortland County ss 3
On this 2 nd day of September  October in the year 1832 personally appeared in open court before the judges of the court of Common Pleas of the county of Cortland & State of New York now sitting Samuel Goff a resident of the town of Homer in the said county of Cortland and State of New York aged 82 nd in December next who being first duly sworn according to law doth upon his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated
In the month of April 1775 about the 19 th day he resided in the town of Goffstown in the county of Hillsborough in the State of New Hampshire and he volunteered to go to Lexington under Colonel Stark afterwards General. Arrived at Lexington the next day after the battle from Lexington he went to Cambridge and remained about two weeks and returned home. The men were not regularly officered. In November or December after he volunteered at said town of Goffstown to go to Winter Hill for three months under Captain McClaughlin in the regiment commanded by Colonel Stark and encamped at Winter Hill near Boston and remained there during the winter till his time expired and went home to Goffstown. About the month of December 1776 or January 1777 at Goffstown aforesaid he enlisted to go to the bars to fight the Indians and guard the frontiers for a muster at Goffstown under Colonel Kelly of said town. He does not recollect the Captain's name encamped at

6000 and remained there during the winter & during his time of Enlistment which was three months & returned in the Spring had a very severe Campaign suffered much with cold and fatigue. He went to Canada line to track & take the Indians
In the year 1777 he hired one John Smith to go into the Continental Service one half year and same year hired one John Laurence to go to Binghamton (the Applicant could not have known himself) under General Stark has no documentary proof of his service has a record of his age was born at Bedford Hillsborough Co. in the State of New Hampshire 1750 and lived there till he moved to Goffstown before the year & moved from there to Washington in Cheshire County & from there to Homer Cortland County & State of New York
He is known to John  John Albright & Benjamin Goff & Mrs. B. Butterfield of Homer who can testify to his services as reputed in the neighborhood where he resides. He does not know of any one who can testify to his services He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any State there is no clergyman in the County with whom he is appointed in stead no discharge Sworn & subscribed the Day & year of our said Samuel Hotchkiss D. Clerk
Samuel Goff
We Benjamin Goff & Messrs B Butterfield
of Homer in the county of Cortland do hereby Certify that we are well acquainted with Samuel Goff who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration: that we believe him to be 82 years of age: that he is reputed & believed in the neighbor- hood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution & that we concur in that opinion

Subscribed & sworn to the Day and year aforesaid Samuel Hotchkiss Br. Clerk
Benys. Goff Moses B. Butterfield
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the inter- rogatories subscribed by the war department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier & served as his States. And the court further certifies that it appears to them that Benjamin Goff & Moses B. Butterfield
who signed the preceding certificate residents of Homer aforesaid are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit
William Mallory } Judges Andrew Dickson } of Cortland Aaron Brown } County courts Joseph Reynolds }
Cortland County ss Samuel Hotchkiss Br. Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County do certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in said Court in the matter of the application of Samuel Goff for a Pension
Witness my hand & seal of office this 3 rd day of October A.D. 1852 Samuel Hotchkiss Br. Clerk

Samuel Goff
admitted
E C Reed

BRIEF in the case of Samuel Goff. of Cortland County in the State of New York (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Court.  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? Eighty two years.  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years. Months. Days.     Volunteer In 1775 Apr 19 about 2 weeks As a Gen. Col Stark   with him Dec 3 Capt McLaughlin.   Dec 1776 Mar 3 3 Col Kelly.   July 1777 Subsisted for half a year   1777 Another Subsisted for a year not stated  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none stated.  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Goffstown New Hampshire  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Two persons certify to traditionary evidence  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
 Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
D. Kelly Examining Clerk.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
14 23235-
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Samuel Goff a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Apr. 19 1775- 10 mos. Pvt. ✓ Stark N.H.   Dec. 1775- 3 mos. McLaughlin Stark   Dec 1776-Jan 1777 3 mos. ✓ Keay  
Battles engaged in, ✓ Residence of soldier at enlistment, Effingham Freeborough Co. N.H. Date of application for pension, Oct 2 1832 His el. al. Residence at date of application, Homer, Cortland Co. N.Y. Age at date of application, born Dec 1 1750 at Bedford N.H.
Remarks:  No data as to his family.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

L. W. B. I. 23235.
This Bureau can furnish the military record of only such Revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their services.
Such of the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department. Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary War may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. O.,
O. W. & N. DIV. REVOLUTIONARY.
September 2nd, 1897.
Madam:-
Replying to your request for information concerning Samuel Goff, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, you are advised that he made an application for pension on October 2nd, 1832, at which time he was 82 years of age and residing in Cortland County, N. Y., and his pension was allowed for six months and ten days' actual service as a private in the New Hampshire troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the time he served under Capt. McGleoughlin and Col. Stark. He enlisted at Goffstown, N. H.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Mrs. Elizabeth M. Davison,
925 Lapeer St., Flint, Michigan.

O. W. & N. Div.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
Washington, D. C. July 14 1897.
Respectfully returned to the writer, who is requested to furnish for purposes of identification as much as possible of the information called for below.
Henry Branch Spencer Lockwood Commissioner.
Full name of soldier:
Samuel Goffe
Place of residence before service:
(Town, county, and State, if possible.)
Goffstown or Bedford, New Hampshire
Place of residence after service:
(Town, county, and State, if possible.)
Goffstown - Washington County N.H. since to Homer, Cortland Co N.Y.
Date of death (as near as possible):
1843
Christian name of widow:
Mercy Sickey
Did either he or his widow receive a pension?
Descendants of Samuel Goffe living
Remarks: in Cortland & Homer N.Y.
Say that he had one
Some claim he enlisted in Mass instead of N.H. His mother's family was
New Hampshire
Your name and address;
(Mrs) Elizabeth M. Davison 925 Lapeer Street Flint, Mich.

W Res 200
Plymouth, Indiana, July 2, 1915.
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:-
Please send me copy of pension record, and all family data that you may have on file with it, of Samuel Goffe, who was placed on the pension roll from Cortland Co., N. Y. for service in the New Hampshire lines, Revolutionary War.
I desire this record for membership in the D. A. R.
Yours very truly,
Mrs. Blanche Hook Surtis

to Flint, Mich.
Revolution
23235 INVALID.
Sep. 2. 1897 - History Mrs. E. M. Davidson -
File No. 23235
1915 July 12 Hist. To Mrs. Blanche H. Carter V. L. M.
Samuel Goff
Rev Rev. M.
Act: June 1 st 1897
Index: - Vol. 2 , Page 157
[Arrangement of 1870.]